Nassau District Attorney Madeline Singas has allocated $1 million in asset forfeiture funds to help preserve county youth programs. Photo Credit: Howard Schnapp

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Nassau District Attorney Madeline Singas has allocated $1 million in asset forfeiture funds, collected by her office during criminal investigations, to help preserve funding for county youth programs that were targeted for cuts to help close a budget hole.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano had proposed suspending $4.1 million in payments to youth service agencies, including anti-gang and drug prevention programs, to help close a $36 million shortfall in the 2017 proposed budget.